Facing determined German troops, soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled this height at a high cost in men in ...

It is difficult to imagine the terror onboard the U.S.S. Tang on Oct. 24, 1944. The submarine was in the Taiwan Strait off the coast of China that day when it was struck by a circular run of its own ...

After World War I, Germany's economy suffered from depression and a devaluation of its currency. On January 30, 1933, Adolf ...

Day, BYU geologists uncover lingering WWII shrapnel on Normandy beaches to study how history still shapes the coastline today ...

More than 20,000 residents were evacuated from Cologne's city center Wednesday after the bombs were unearthed on Monday ...

The German U-boat U-853 was sunk off the coast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, in May 1945, marking the last U.S. merchant ...

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. – As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot managed a final salute to flyers in an ...

CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — Connecticut’s veterans of World War II received a special honor Monday. Gov. Lamont and state leaders gathered to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Examine Bob Hope and his troupe of performers' impact on World War II. Legendary entertainer Bob Hope and his troupe of performers traveled over 80,000 miles during WWII to entertain the troops ...

Nielsen told them about Lidia Durr Zakrzewski, a teenager who joined the Polish resistance during World War II. She served as the real-life model for the young heroine in Nielsen’s 2024 novel ...

The dissident Kundera was writing behind the Iron Curtain after World War II about the importance of remembering: “The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting ...

I PULLED INTO THE STATION WHEN THE TRUCK WAS OUTSIDE AND Thursday marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, which marked the end of World War II on the continent. In 1945, Nazi Germany ...